The Dubliner Pub Quiz

May 25th, 2023

1. The SPD celebrated an anniversary on Tuesday (May 23, 2023. How old did the SPD become?

Bonus: How many SPD chancellors have there been in the FRG so far?

[2 points] German

160 years;

Bonus: 4 (Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder, Olaf Scholz)

2. First published in 1837, who wrote the short story 'The Emperor's New Clothes'?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Hans Christian Andersen

3. ANGELICA HUMPBACK is an anagram of what world famous European tourist attraction?

[1 point] Anagram

Buckingham Palace

4. Which year was it?

* Ceylon became a Republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka

* 'The Godfather' was released in cinemas worldwide

* Eugene Cernan became the last person to walk on the moon

* 14 people were killed in Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday

* Liam Gallagher, Sofia Vergara, Jude Law, Shaquille O'Neal & Gwyneth Paltrow were born

[1 point] Which Year am I ?

1972

5. What did the Norse god Odin sacrifice to gain wisdom?

[1 point] Religion

An eye

6. The year 1978 has an unusual property. When you add the 19 to the 78, the total is the same as the middle two digits (97).

What will be the next year (from today) to have this same property?

[1 point] Math

2307; 23 + 07 = 30

7. 'Promiscuous'; Who are the two singers?

[1 point] Song

Nelly Furtado, Ft. Timbaland

8. What is the name of the smallest state in terms of area on the African mainland?

[1 point] Geography

Gambia

9. With a maximum weight of 54 kilograms, which monkeys are the largest primates after the great apes?

[1 point] Animal

Mandrill

10. Who represented Sweden and won twice at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2023?

Bonus: What were the song titles?

[2 points] General Knowledge

Loreen; Bonus: "Euphoria" and "Tattoo"

11. Twitter crashed repeatedly yesterday (24th May 2023) during a highly anticipated live audio chat between Elon Musk and Florida Governor, who wanted to announce that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination. What is Florida's Governor's name?

[1 point] Politics

Ron DeSantis

12. Which two teams have won more titles in the UEFA Champions League than Liverpool & Bayern München, who have won 6 titles each?

[2 points] Sports

Real Madrid (14) & Milan (7)

13. Which country can be spelled by rearranging the chemical symbols of the following chemical elements?

Polonium - Silicon - Rhenium - Nitrogen - Gallium

[1 point] Science

SiNGaPoRe

14. On May 20, which year did the American Levi Strauss apply for the patent on blue jeans? (+/- 10 years)

[1 point] History

1873 (1863 - 1883)

15. Diamond is a metastable allotrope of what chemical element?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Carbon

16. Name the plant.

[1 point] Picture Round

Protea, sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos)

17. What’s the common link?

[1 point] Picture Round

Victoria, Paddington, Vauxhall, Waterloo --> famous London underground stations

18. Who is this?

[1 point] Picture Round

Claude Monet

19. Which capitol city is this?

[1 point] Picture Round

Seoul, South Korea

20. Name the character & actor.

[2 points] Picture Round

Rocket Raccoon & Bradley Cooper

21. Who are these two?

[2 points] Picture Round

Lily-Rose Depp & Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)

22. Name the song and the singer.

'Come on, hold my hand

I wanna contact the living

Not sure I understand

This role I've been given

(I sit and talk to God

And he just laughs at my plans …')

[2 points] Lyrics

'Feel' by Robbie Williams

23. What is the name of the cell phone and PDA brand developed by the Canadian company 'Research In Motion'?

[1 point] Business

Blackerry

24. What is the name given to the layer of fat several centimeters thick in whales and seals?

[1 point] Animal

Blubber

25. In the Harry Potter books, who was born Tom Marvolo Riddle?

[1 point] Literature

Lord Voldemort

26. A tribute to John Lennon, who launched a product in 2008 called "Imagine Whirled Peace"?

[1 point] Food & Drinks

Ben & Jerry's

27. Harrison Ford and his wife Calista Flockhart celebrated the newest and final installment in the Indiana Jones film series in Cannes. How many Indiana Jones movies are there now?

Bonus: What is the movie called?

[2 points] Entertainment

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and ...

The Temple of Doom (1984)

The Last Crusade (1989)

The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Bonus: The Dial of Destiny (2023)

28. How many US states end with the letter 'e'?

[1 point] Interesting

4; Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Tennessee

29. 'Alive'; Name the band.

[1 point] Song

Pearl Jam

30. The Tara Mine in County Meath, Ireland, is the largest mine for which element in Europe and the eighth largest in the world producing 200,000 tonnes of which chemical element?

[1 point] Irish

Zinc (Zn)

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